Thesaurus results for FOAMED

foamed

verb

past tense of foam

as in steamed

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger the old man foamed and raged when they told him he would have to give up the farm

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Recent Examples of foamed The Timberwolves foamed at the mouth, eager to back up Jaden McDaniels’ trash talk about Denver’s defense from three days earlier. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026 With her eyes closed and her palms turned upward, Scherzinger appeared to be in total peace as the ocean tide gently foamed around her feet. — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026

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Zucchini With its high water content, zucchini can turn mushy and even fall apart when steamed.

— Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2026
Their crabs are steamed, frozen and packed into boxes to be shipped to Sri Lanka, where workers remove the meat by hand.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of steamed

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Zverev served for the match in the second set but double-faulted to hand De Minaur a break and the Australian stormed back into it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Authorities said key fugitives in the case include Dimitri Hérard, ex-head of security at Haiti's National Palace, who escaped two years ago after a powerful gang federation stormed Haiti's two biggest prisons.

— EVENS SANON, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of stormed

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And during the civil wars between King and Parliament that raged across Britain in the 1640s, such ideal stasis was impossible to preserve.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Throughout the night, the band raged through 18 songs as Vedder rollicked onstage, sending the thousands gathered on the stretch of Doheny Beach into an absolute fervor.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of raged

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Warehouses full of fish, salt, sugar and spices, stores of corn and hay, as well as horses and cattle that could not be rescued, were burned.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
The following year, the Bridge fire forced the town’s evacuation and burned 13 homes.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of burned

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O’Shea shook hands with the referee and his assistants but there was no attempt to shake the hand of Israel captain Manor Solomon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The policeman held on to Shorty’s biceps and shook them slightly, both giving the sense of a loving embrace and using his strength to lift Shorty ever so slightly off the ground and clear of the entrance.

— Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

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